The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could envision that there would be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a greater eagerness to play, to try and find a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For almost all of the citizens living on the meager local wages, there are two dominant forms of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of profiting are remarkably low, but then the prizes are also remarkably large. It’s been said by economists who look at the situation that most do not buy a card with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, look after the incredibly rich of the state and tourists. Up until a short time ago, there was a incredibly big vacationing business, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated crime have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it is not known how healthy the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on till things improve is merely not known.
April 28th, 2022
Cohen
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